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j. richards ■ a conceptual exploration of radicalisation
extremely numerous and varied, and the best that can be done is to bolster
community networks, support and information. In other ways, of course,
radicalisation is significantly different in that there are anti-state groups
and organisations working to “pull” recruits into their fold and offer an
outlet for violent intentions. States inevitably have to work against these
organisations in gathering intelligence and understanding, and disrupt-
ing networks. Back at the individual level, both state and society have a
strong interest in continuing to try to understand how and why individu-
als become violently extreme, and who most sensibly conforms to the no-
tion of a “vulnerable individual”. Unfortunately, the most effective sam-
ple-set to help with so doing tends to be the biographies of individuals
who have already carried out violent actions.
References
Bakker, E, & de Bont, R. (2016) Belgian and Dutch Jihadist Foreign
Fighters (2012-2015) Characteristics, Motivations and Roles in the
War in Syria and Iraq. Small Wars and Insurgencies 27(5), pp. 837–57.
BBC (2011) Libya protests: Defiant Gaddafi refuses to quit. http://www.bbc.
co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12544624. Accessed 3 September 2016
Blee, K. (2002) Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Borum, R. (2003) Understanding the Terrorist Mindset. FBI Law
Enforcement Bulletin (July 2003), pp. 7–10.
Bötticher, A. (2017) Towards Academic Consensus Definitions of
Radicalism and Extremism. Perspectives on Terrorism 11(4), pp. 73–77.
Crenshaw, M. (1981) The Causes of Terrorism. Comparative Politics 13(4), pp.
379–399.
De Vos, J. (2009) Now That You Know, How Do You Feel? The Milgram
Experiment and Psychologization. Annual Review of Critical
Psychology 7: pp. 223–246.
Dornschneider, S. (2016) Whether to Kill. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press.
Githens-Mazer, J. (2012) The Rhetoric and Reality: Radicalization and
Political Discourse. International Political Science Review 33(5), pp.
556–67.
Glass, J.M. (1999) Life Unworthy of Life: Racial Phobia and Mass Murder in
Hitler’s Germany. New York: Basic Books.
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extremely numerous and varied, and the best that can be done is to bolster
community networks, support and information. In other ways, of course,
radicalisation is significantly different in that there are anti-state groups
and organisations working to “pull” recruits into their fold and offer an
outlet for violent intentions. States inevitably have to work against these
organisations in gathering intelligence and understanding, and disrupt-
ing networks. Back at the individual level, both state and society have a
strong interest in continuing to try to understand how and why individu-
als become violently extreme, and who most sensibly conforms to the no-
tion of a “vulnerable individual”. Unfortunately, the most effective sam-
ple-set to help with so doing tends to be the biographies of individuals
who have already carried out violent actions.
References
Bakker, E, & de Bont, R. (2016) Belgian and Dutch Jihadist Foreign
Fighters (2012-2015) Characteristics, Motivations and Roles in the
War in Syria and Iraq. Small Wars and Insurgencies 27(5), pp. 837–57.
BBC (2011) Libya protests: Defiant Gaddafi refuses to quit. http://www.bbc.
co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12544624. Accessed 3 September 2016
Blee, K. (2002) Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Borum, R. (2003) Understanding the Terrorist Mindset. FBI Law
Enforcement Bulletin (July 2003), pp. 7–10.
Bötticher, A. (2017) Towards Academic Consensus Definitions of
Radicalism and Extremism. Perspectives on Terrorism 11(4), pp. 73–77.
Crenshaw, M. (1981) The Causes of Terrorism. Comparative Politics 13(4), pp.
379–399.
De Vos, J. (2009) Now That You Know, How Do You Feel? The Milgram
Experiment and Psychologization. Annual Review of Critical
Psychology 7: pp. 223–246.
Dornschneider, S. (2016) Whether to Kill. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press.
Githens-Mazer, J. (2012) The Rhetoric and Reality: Radicalization and
Political Discourse. International Political Science Review 33(5), pp.
556–67.
Glass, J.M. (1999) Life Unworthy of Life: Racial Phobia and Mass Murder in
Hitler’s Germany. New York: Basic Books.
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